India on Friday (October 11, 2024) stated it was “involved” on the “deteriorating” safety scenario in elements of West Asia, amid stories that United Nations peacekeepers have been caught within the intensified preventing in southern Lebanon.
In a press release, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs additionally stated New Delhi continues to watch the scenario carefully.
“We’re involved on the deteriorating safety scenario alongside the Blue Line. We proceed to watch the scenario carefully,” the MEA stated.
The 120-km Blue Line is a United Nations-recognised demarcation line to point that Israel had withdrawn its army from southern Lebanon. It separates Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights, however it isn’t an official worldwide border.
“Inviolability of UN premises have to be revered by all, and applicable measures taken to make sure the protection of UN peacekeepers and the sanctity of their mandate,” the MEA stated in its assertion.
The United Nations Interim Drive in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, stated in a press release on October 10 that “latest escalation alongside the Blue Line is inflicting widespread destruction of cities and villages in south Lebanon”.
“Prior to now days, we’ve got seen incursions from Israel into Lebanon in Naqoura and different areas. Israel Protection Forces (IDF) troopers have clashed with Hizbullah parts on the bottom in Lebanon,” it alleged within the assertion.
Printed – October 11, 2024 04:26 pm IST